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Proposal to give the UN more control over the internet gains momentum. According to The Hill, U.S. Ambassador Terry Kramer warned that a proposal to give a United Nations agency more control over the Internet is gaining momentum in other countries.

Floods ravage Scotland after heavy rains. According to Reuters, heavy rain and flooding hit large swathes of Scotland this weekend, bursting riverbanks, turning roads into torrents and stranding people in their homes.

Leon Panetta warns that the U.S. is at risk of a 'cyber-Pear Harbor'. According to The Telegraph, U.S. defense secretary Leon Panetta says that the United States faces a growing threat of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor", and is drafting new rules for the military that would allow pre-emptive digital attacks.